THE BIRMINGHAM 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BOMBING - The Location and the Victim’s Graves
Vložit
- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- If you would like to support me on Patreon please visit / scottontape
Follow my Instagram / scottontape
If you would like to help support my travels and films you can PayPal me at www.paypal.me/...
Join my Facebook group Scottontape
#famousgraves #truecrime #birminghambombing
Music:
'Filaments' by Scott Buckley is under a Creative Commons license Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / scottbuckley
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/filamen...
"Scott Buckley - Childhood" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) creativecommon....
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
• 'Childhood' by Sc...
16th Street Baptist Church bombing, terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, on the predominantly African American 16th Street Baptist Church by local members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Resulting in the injury of 14 people and the death of four girls, the attack garnered widespread national outrage.
Throughout the civil rights movement, Birmingham was a major site of protests, marches, and sit-ins that were often met with police brutality and violence from white citizens. Homemade bombs planted by white supremacists in homes and churches became so commonplace that the city was sometimes known as “Bombingham.” Local African American churches such as the 16th Street Baptist Church were fundamental in the organization of much of the protest activity. In 1963 the 16th Street Baptist Church hosted several meetings led by civil rights activists. In an effort to intimidate demonstrators, members of the KKK routinely telephoned the church with bomb threats intended to disrupt these meetings as well as regular church services.
When a bomb made of dynamite detonated at 10:22 AM on September 15, 1963, church members were attending Sunday school classes before the start of the 11:00 AM church service. The bomb exploded on the east side of the building, where five girls were getting ready for church in a basement restroom. The explosion sprayed mortar and bricks from the front of the building, caved in walls, and filled the interior with smoke, and horrified parishioners quickly evacuated. Beneath piles of debris in the church basement, the dead bodies of four girls-Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson, all age 14, and Denise McNair (age 11)-were discovered. A fifth girl who had been with them, Sarah Collins (the younger sister of Addie Mae Collins), lost her right eye in the explosion, and several other people were injured.
Violence broke out across the city in the aftermath of the bombing. Two more young African Americans died, and the National Guard was called in to restore order. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at the funeral of three of the girls. Despite repeated demands that the perpetrators be brought to justice, the first trial in the case was not held until 1977, when former clan member Robert E. Chambliss was convicted of murder (Chambliss, who continued to maintain his innocence, died in prison in 1985). The case was reopened in 1980, in 1988, and finally again in 1997, when two other former clan members-Thomas Blanton and Bobby Frank Cherry-were brought to trial. Blanton was convicted in 2001 and Cherry in 2002; both received life sentences (Cherry died in 2004, Blanton in 2020). A fourth suspect, Herman Frank Cash, died in 1994 before he could be tried.
The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church was examined by director Spike Lee in the Oscar-nominated documentary 4 Little Girls (1997). In the film, Lee interviews witnesses to the bombing and family members of the victims while at the same time exploring the backdrop of segregation and white harassment that were central to the time period.
I remember so well when this tragic event happened. Scott, I cried when you put the stuffed animal on each of the graves 😢. Ty for being so respectful to the victims. You are the best Scott. May those young girls RIP!!💔🙏
I Second That Emotion 🕊💯
i almost did because my favorite animal is a hedgehog and those were hedgehogs and we watched this in school
@@mygrammieis but at first i was wondering how they wouldnt fly away
One of the saddest moments in American history- 4 young girls who were taken too soon. Spike Lee's documentary "4 Little Girls" is heartbreaking but powerful film. Thanks Scott for presenting this to us. Have a great week. God bless 🙏🏽
SLAVERY WAS IDIOT 😑 !!!!!!!!
Thanks, Scott. Nicely done. Chris McNair was Denise’s father. Maxine was her mother. Maxine lived the longest of all the girls’ parents, passing just last year at age 93. Chris and Maxine are in the documentary “4 Little Girls” by Spike Lee. They explain why they chose to hold a separate funeral for their daughter. Gut-wrenching.
thanks for this information im gonna try to find 4 little girls and watch it
I'm here in Montgomery Alabama about 45 minutes from Montgomery. Denise Mcnair, Attie mae Collins, and Cynthia wesley are the ones who had a joint funeral. It was Carol Robertson who had a private funeral. Her parents allegedly planned her funeral separately because they'd made arrangements already
@@juanitaarrington3209 OK! That is very interesting! It has been many years since I watched the documentary. I do remember crying and feeling sick over it. I love that the church and park are monuments now, but I hate the reason for it. The statue of the dogs makes me very uncomfortable.
@@juanitaarrington3209 Yes, I was going to add that correction about the joint funeral vs. Carole Robertson's. It's understandable that Carole's family would begin making arrangements Monday morning. Her mother said in 4 Little Girls that the ministers (Dr. King among them) didn't propose the joint funeral until later Monday, after they had made their own arrangements.
I remember watching the documentary as a young child . This story really hurt 💔❤️🩹
Scott I love how you honored the girls individually as well as collectively. You even honored the two young kings, that many don't talk about. Thank you for that Scott. You never disappoint.
Great content! They try to ban book and history but they can’t ban contents creators like you. Keep up the great work on our history!
Amen
I live in AL what happened to those little girls is sickening. May they rest in peace. Awesome knowing you were here, from one Scott to another thank you for all you do.
Thank you Scott!
u say that NOW.. but ur family wanted it back then
This hurts my heart for humanity and the loss of these beautiful girls. You have a kind heart, the visit to their graves was very moving.
I was there 20 years ago in 2003. Walked around the park across the street too. Never could understand the level of evil a person can show to another person.
Tis a shame that after about 500 years, people STILL hang on to ignorance and hatred. 500 years and STILL that way... and to teach it to your kids to carry it on is demonic, wicked, and disgraceful.
Well the white man pushed the agenda , you took us from our land . I teach the truth so be it if it ruffles feathers or makes certain people feel uncomfortable . Truth is truth
I have listened many times to the Joan Baez song...Birmingham Sunday....written for those 4 little girls who lost their lives in this senseless,cruel and depraved act of violence. Heartbreaking. Thanks Scott for your sensitivity and respect in telling this tragic story.
I’m going to have to look that song up now! Thank you for sharing that information!
May those girls continue to rest
in eternal peace.
The ending when you put the
furry animals on the graves got me
real choke up.
Well done.
I was yust born tht year in Scotland. I have never heard of this very sad story before. Thank you so much Scott for all your respect when filming and may those little kids RIP. ❤
Thank you for this Scott, those 4 little girls should be honored and remembered, always❤ You did a wonderful job in telling the history of this tragedy. May these 4 angels rest in peace 🙏
I'm an Aussie and had never heard of this story. It brought tears to my eyes. Those poor little darlings 😢
Scott filming in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. As a local let me say "welcome friend!" For me, this is the most saddest and horrifying moment in Alabama history regarding Civil Rights in the 1960s. I really appreciate the heartfelt compassion and respect fhat you show in your videos for the victims and their families. Thank you for your videos. May those 4 little girls souls rest in peace.
Thank you I love Birmingham so much I’m coming back in two weeks!
Scott, this is one of your best videos.
1963, 60yrs ago my husband's age, this was a beautiful done video, the young girls murdered were my father's age, he is still living...God bless you ❤
Wow, Scott! I normally don't cry when I'm watching videos. But this one touched me so deeply as I was watching it, that I'm still crying! Those poor girls didn't deserve what happened to them....nor did any other person of color that has ever been terrorized and/or killed based solely upon the color of their skin! Thank you for having the compassion and guts to post this video! 🌹
Thank you Scott, this video was so thoughtful and respectful. I live about 30 miles north of Birmingham and have visited the church and Ingram Park several times. But I’ve never been to the graves of these precious girls. My heart was with you as you paid ‘our’ respects. Thanks again.
Thank you so much . I will be back in Birmingham in a couple of weeks and may possibly do a viewer meet up
Thank you for documenting this and for leaving the plushy toys for the poor children from your followers as well. I'm one that may not ever be able to visit this location, but I am deeply saddened by what took place.
Scott, thank you for sharing and doing this video. I appreciate the deep respect and care you show in these videos. The stuffed toys were a very sweet touch.
I was 1 years old in 1963. My dad went to Taiwan instead Vietnam during that time of the year. My mom and my grandma and great grandma was quite upset what happened to those church people and girls. Prayer was sent. RIP. God will prevail.
I remember seeing that horrific bombing on television and reading newspapers. I was a young adult. Thank you so much for a beautiful presentation and reminder with such respect Scott!! So, so sad! RIP GIRLS ❤
Yep me too I was young couldn't really grasp it at the time but as I got older I understood more
I came back to watch this video after watching the documentary. This is one of the saddest parts of history, these innocent little girls 😢. Thank you Scott for your love and compassion when covering the most heartbreaking stories such as this one. ❤
Thank you so much Jenn
This is such a wonderful video Scott. Great job as usual. It's a shame those four sweet little girls lost their lives at church that day. Hard to believe that took place 60 years ago. And here we are in 2023, sixty years later, and from all of the social and political crap that is going on, one could argue that we are worst off now than we were all of those years ago. So much hate, political, racial divide in this country. The ones that keep bringing up race and hatred, the ones that keep making everything about race and bigotry, are the ones that are truly racist and don't want racism to die. Sometimes I wonder if/when we will ever get past one another's skin color and just realize that we all bleed the same color blood, have the same color bones, have the same internal organs, breathe the same air and drink the same water, as well as we all put our pants on the same way, one leg at a time. We all have more in common than most media and government officials care to admit. When will racism and bigotry become a thing of the past, so that all of God's people can live as one race....the human race? Love the video Scott. Peace out and God Bless!
Amen
🙏😢💔
🙏
If you live in the South, you have heard of this Horrible Tradgety. Those girls was innocent, thier taken because of Hate. Sad that this kind of thing still happens.All Victims need to be Remembered. Thank you Scott, Gratitude for going, taking us there and telling thier story. May those Sweet Innocent Angels Forever RIP.🕊️🕯️💖💖💖💖✨🙏🌹💐🌷🌻🦋💕. Love, Respect and Positivity Always. Vee.✌️🕯️💕✨🌻🦋🙏🙂👋👣.
Wow the first 3 girls all born in April of 1949 like weeks apart and passed away together. May god bless them all their family. thank you for the video Scott!
Dear Scott this is Claudine F. From Palm Bay Florida. I married into a black family. My husbands whole family was greatly affected by all of this. Thank you so so very much for making this video. My momma in law and most of her siblings have passed. They would have loved your video. ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing this video Scott. My heart aches for those little girls. May they all be at rest peacefully.
Saw the brilliant documentary of 4 Little Girls by Spike Lee. Everything in the documentary was spot on!!! Scott thank you for educating people on this.
Welcome to my home state, I apologize for the hot temp! It breaks my heart every time I think about what happened to those 4 beautiful girls. I never knew that Nell Carter was friends with the girls until I saw your Nell Carter video. Thank you for remembering them
I just moved to the outskirts of Birmingham 6 months ago. Thank you for educating me today as I'm slowly learning about this beautiful state and how rich in history it is.
thanks scott, I appreciate that you share this and are respectful.
Thank you Scott for being us along for such an important point in history we need to remember. Thank you for placing the stuffed animals for us all. Very sweet for those girls who were killed due to hatred. We remember
Scott thank you for honoring the little girls. Was such a horrible thing… pointless thing to happen. The little stuffed animals that you left was very touching and a sweet thing to do❤
Very sad indeed on the day of 15 September 1963 Sunday morningand all this was during the "Civil Rights Movement" with Martin Luther King... The bombing no doubt was done by the KKK who has no heart and no one was ever charge for it, but every dog has their day! Thank you Scott for this video and all the work you put it by researching the deaths of people both ordinary and celebrities.
A beautiful church building with a sad history. A terrible turbulent time in history to never be forgotten. Thanks Scott.
Thank you for this sad but important visit. Why can't we all just love each other. Rip 4 little angels.
I started watching this last night but I was super tired. Your voice is soothing so I fell asleep. 🫣 I’m back to finish watching now. This is sucha terrible story, my God. People are just so evil. You always do the victims immense justice, Scott. 💜
I became interested in this sad part of history when I saw "4 Little Girls" and I felt all types of emotions. I have even been on the internet to read up on it. I am a late '70s baby so it was important to me as a black woman to know what happened back then. It's just still a shame that history hasn't changed in certain aspects. Thank you, Scott for this wonderful video. You caught my attention immediately. ❤
Thank you Scott!! I was born one day after this happened! My Mom made sure I knew about those Four Girls! I am so glad Spike Lee did the documentary about the Church Bombing. Scott you did this with this so much respect and humility ! ❤🙏🏽
Hi Scott, what a horrific story, I’m glad justice was done for these girls and the other victims, like you said Scott, it still happens today, and it’s so wrong, RIP to the 4 little girls 💐💐💐💐, and the other victims 💐💐💐💐💐, never forgotten. Thank you Scott xxxx
Those beautiful girls, this really got to me.....thank you for honoring them ♥
Thank you for the video Scott. I was born and raised in Birmingham. Cynthia Wesley’s father was the principal of my school, Lewis Elementary School. I grew up in Birmingham in the sixties. I still have thoughts of those days. Trauma from the memories of those days have not died for me. I remember the bombing.
Great work Scott for covering this sad story! Can’t be easy for you to be there on site but covering this keeps memories alive
My dad and aunt went to school with the girls. My aunt wanted to go to church with them that day but my grandparents took them to Gadsden, Al that weekend to visit family. One of the girls mother (can’t remember which one) taught my dad and he said after that she was never the same, she stopped teaching.
I seen this story so many times wow it still affects me to this day
In just a few weeks, it will be 60 years. Thank you for honoring all the victims. The gifts you left for the girls was very thoughtful, Scott.
This is a sad day in history may they rest in peace and never be forgotten prayers for all involved and all who are left to grieve this great loss!
This was extremely a sad one 😢😢 Thank you Scott for bringing history very much appreciated video 📸📸rip too all the victims .never judge by race or skin color only by character .Dr Martin Luther king ❤
Scott’s #1 priority in his videos is always being respectful…Thank you.
RIP ❤
Scott, Thank you so much for showing such kindness and respect for each of the 4 girls that were killed, the 2 boys that were killed and the other girl who was injured. This is so sad. Thank you for sharing this video. ✌🏻
I didn't know about 2 boys wow smh
The boy's were killed separately not in the church bombing
thank you for honoring the memory of these beautiful girls Motown Money. The day my great grandmother. grandmother and father headed to Detroit that morning.
Thank you so much for watching Donnetta
You wear your ❤ on your sleeve Scott, so touched by this video, much love from a fellow Torontonian 🇨🇦 I saw an article about this tragic event when I visited the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
Thank you so much Cheryl
I was less than a month old when this happened. Oh how my heart broke watching this video knowing these precious sweet girls were killed by such hatred. Those terrible men getting away with it for so long. Those sweet boys murder in cold blood for nothing. I’ve always that this is THE HELL ON EARTH! When God calls us home all there will be is pure love for one another. We all bleed red, why can’t people realize that? Thank you Scott for sharing this video with us. I love you for all the hard work you put into all your videos. May God keep you safe whiling you are traveling. 🥰♥️💕✌️
So very!😢 This just breaks my heart! God doesn't see color why should we? We are all God's children. Thank you Scott.
How sad is that..people have so much hatred its disgusting...Beautiful gesture with the furry animals awwww Bless you
Thank you, Scott.
May we all listen & learn. 🙏
Scott that so kind of you for doing that for those beautiful girls..God bless them.xxx❤❤❤❤
So sad 😭, I was very young so I didn't know about this, until my mother told me about it, it still hurts, thank you sir, for caring....
Wow how people could be so cruel 💔 Thank you Scott for telling and showing us your vlogs
This is the most saddest video you've done, I'm literally in tears of how we were done back then, didn't deserve it. Thank you Scott for the video we love you
I live in Birmingham, and pass this church often. Growing up here, it's easy to take for granted being so close to such a pivotal location. It's easy to get complacent about the devastation that took place when you see it every day, but a few months ago, I had time on my lunch break, so I just went to the church and memorial and walked around. It's surreal to be there, but I don't want to get desensitized.
Very sad just heartbreaking
Thank you for sharing
So sad for these girls. Thank you. This was beautifully executed. Love from SoCal.
You're gentle and considerate when you visit gravesites. Terrible topic, great video. Hands down my favourite vlogger.
You did a beautiful job I can tell this affected you emotionally and you go above and beyond with the stories, and I love the little fury friends that's something really special blessings to you always❤
You are soo Kind and Respectful to people's Graves and Final Resting Spots. ❤ RIP to those 😇 Angel's 😢❤❤❤. Thank you Scott for an Emotional n Beautiful Tribute.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. This is History that should always be told. RIP to all who lost their lives. So much hate back then and still today. 😢🙏🏾
I have been here, the feeling of sadness stayed with us all day. Especially after going to the Human rights museum. I have a dream .....
Beautiful tribute Scott. Well done.
WOW Scott you are one of a kind.Thank you for this video, I was born two months after this horrible Tragedy, may they all RIP!😥
The true horrors of this world...ugh. So sad.
So very sad beautifully children taken because of hatred, I will never understand why any human being would need to hate , everyone should stop the hate , life is short and very precious, god bless to these angels .
That was just a horrible day. I just love how you have compassion for everything you do that’s what makes me watch your channel.
The little stuffed animals you placed for each girl at thier final resting place truly touched my heart..." Thank You Scott"; Very Beautifully done.
Good Evening Scott 🙋🏽. Thank you for inviting me to watch your video and for doing this one 👍🏽😃
Definitely brought tears to my eyes watching this video. 😢😢 Loved you put stuffed animals on their graves. Very sweet of you. Your such a sweetheart when it comes to children. I bet they are looking down from heaven smiling and loving those stuffed animals. ❤
Very good! I remember a documentary about this and the song Birmingham Sunday by Joan Baez was the song played at the introduction of the documentary that came out in 1997. R.I.P.💔🌹🕊
It’s really sad that people don’t want this history taught
Welcome to Birmingham we’re glad to have you
Love it there so much I’m going back in two weeks!
My heart goes out to there families poor kids x 😢 💔 r,I,p little one's , peace always prevails, stay safe scott another great show, love mr b uk 🇬🇧 Robin hood county 👍
Just heart wrenching. Those beautiful, innocent children. Those dogs make me feel sick. The fact that those men lived most of their lives with no consequences, makes me sick. Their tortured souls are paying the price now. The cost of freedom that was extracted from those babies should never have happened. How awful that Birmingham has this legacy.
Thank you for remembering these beautiful souls and the gifts that you left was absolutely fitting...God bless you!!... continue to bring us more
I visited this place back in 2016. Saddest thing ever.
thanks for sharing this to us all that is very sad it was the year I was born and the stuff animals are sooo cute and you got a sweet caring heart RIP the four little angels!! blessed their families too 😇😇😇😇
Breaks my heart to see young innocent lives be taken by hatred. We are our own worst enemy, and it's still no better today. All lives matter regardless.
Thank you Scott for this video. Such a very sad day. People gathered together in peaceful communion to have children take from this world like this. I get a lump in my throat . RIP sweet girls. We never forget you♥️♥️♥️♥️
RIP TO ALL THE VICTIMS I remember hearing about this as a child thanks for putting faces and names with the story.
Thank you for sharing. ⚫🌑🖤🤎💛💐🕯️💐🕯️💐🕯️🕯️💐...🥀📿🙏
Scott, I love you when you are brash, amusing, and whimsical. However, I love you most when you are centered, kind and observing. This video is among your best when speaking of unfathomable tragedy. Mathew Shepherd's video is of the same nature. I commend you on these memorable videos. Once you watch them you never forget the tragedy, but you also never forget the names of the young victims. The victims and their lives is what we should remember, always. Thank you once again for taking us on a historical, meaningful, and tragic story. May God bless your travels and keep you safe. So you can continue to bring us such wonderful content. To remind us all, we are of one race, the human race.
With respect always, The Gross Family, Wayne, Jill and (your buddy) Wyatt.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Scott for doing this. I am from Alabama and this is still an open wound that will never heal. My father was born around the same year as three of the girls. Makes you wonder what could have been for them. Tidbit to share my daughter did a photoshoot for a Black History calender and she was portrayed one of the four girls in the photo shoot.
Beautiful Scott, very touching. To hate another person because of how they look is just negative conditioning. The world requires a lot more positive conditioning so that young children can grow up to be loving adults.
Scott you always get it so right. You have a beautiful kind soul. Love from the UK.
Thanks for the video, I've heard this story before and it always pisses me off the evil that happened then and still going on today and DeSatan is trying to keep it that way.. This country really needs healing
What a horrific part of our history, I hated George Wallace, I remember listening to him on TV with my grandmother, we were both disgusted. Those poor girls and the 2 boys did not deserve to die that way. Unfortunately, those issues are still going on all over the country. RIP Young Children...
😢😢😢😢God bless their souls
You’re a real one for this big bro
great video, thanks for sharing and remembering!!! beautiful hedgehogs for the girls🦔🦔🦔🦔
love from Holland
My dad was in school with two of the girls and knew them very well and we watch spike Lee movie n my dad sat there and cried watching it, he said he still remember what their voices sounded like my dad is 77 n was born n raise in Birmingham
What’s the name of the movie?
@@kuwandasmith289 4 little girls
I REMEMBER THIS I WAS 12YRS OLD MY MOM SAT ME DOWN AND TELLING ME HOW THIS HAS HAPPENED I CRIED SO MUCH FOR THE FAMILY OF THE 4 YOUNG GIRLS IM 70 YRS OLD NOW AND I STILL REMEMBER SO SAD. Mr SCOTT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS.